stripes - Syria's Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide
Syria's Assad wins a fourth term in a predictable landslide • Associated Press • May 27, 2021 Syrian President Bashar Assad supporters hold up national flags and pictures of Assad as they celebrate at Omayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 27, 2021. (Hassan Ammar/AP) DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election described as illegitimate and a sham by the West and his opposition. Assad's win was not in doubt, in an election...
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